The lawyer’s statement was the first time anyone has officially indicated that the sheriff’s deposition in a separate, federal case may be connected to the killing.

A former Kentucky sheriff charged in a judge’s shooting death has pleaded not guilty. Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines entered the plea Monday in the same Whitesburg courthouse where prosecutors say he killed District Judge Kevin Mullins in September.

The former Letcher County sheriff accused of killing a district judge in his chambers in September appeared in front of a packed courtroom on Monday, the same building in which the alleged murder took place.

A former eastern Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge entered a not-guilty plea Monday.For the first time, Shawn “Mickey” Stines was back in the same courthouse where he is accused of murdering a judge.

A former Kentucky sheriff charged in a judge's shooting death pleaded not guilty Monday in the same courthouse where they worked together and where the attack occurred, and one of his attorneys later predicted they will present a compelling case in his defense.

More than two months after the fatal shooting of Letcher County Judge Kevin Mullins, ex-Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines was back in court Monday.

A former Kentucky sheriff accused in the shooting death of a district judge pleaded not guilty Monday to the charge of murdering a public official.